The Great Ups and Downs

"Baili Qingfeng, was he truly so deep and scheming that he had seen through my plans and laid everything out months ago!?"

Aurora Emperor's expression turned somewhat ugly.

He had spent years plotting the Heavenly Que Mountain Plan. Although Zhao Si had forced the plan to be delayed, even without Zhao Si, carrying it out smoothly would still have taken two or three years. After all, the opening cycle of the Space Channel limited what he could do.

But in the end...

The grand plan he had spent several years preparing and finally put into action—a plan involving one arrow striking four targets and enough to establish the foundation for unifying the Divine Continent—had actually been completely ruined by a mere Overlord named Baili Qingfeng in just a few months. Not only had he failed at the last step, he had suffered devastating losses as well!?

Seven of the Eighteen Divine Pillars had been lost. Although four of them had died because of Zhao Si, the deaths of the hundreds of thousands of defenders at Heavenly Que Mountain had all been caused by Baili Qingfeng alone. Not to mention, the Sacred Sword Legion and Dragon Scale Legion had also been wiped out because of him.

"Baili Qingfeng!"

Aurora Emperor drew a deep breath.

The first time he had heard of this man, he had already taken him seriously, placing him on the same level as Zhao Si. He had even made clear plans in his mind: once the Heavenly Que Mountain Plan was over and the Xia Kingdom had been destroyed, he would personally act and kill him. First, he would avenge Taisisi. Second, he would eliminate this great scourge threatening the Aurora Empire.

But how could he have imagined that his momentary negligence—putting all his focus on the Heavenly